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Cover of Twelve Churches

Twelve Churches

by Fergus Butler-Gallie
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Oct 2, 2025
Cover of Death in a Shallow Pond

Death in a Shallow Pond

by David Edmonds
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Sep 28, 2025
Cover of The Immortalists

The Immortalists

by Aleks Krotoski
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Sep 28, 2025
Cover of When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...

by Steven Pinker
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Sep 28, 2025
Cover of The Golden Road

The Golden Road

by William Dalrymple
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Sep 25, 2025

The Baton and the Cross

by Lucy Ash
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Sep 25, 2025
Cover of Logging Off

Logging Off

by Adele Zeynep Walton
Free Thinking · BBC Radio 4 · Sep 25, 2025
Cover of Pity

Pity

by Andrew McMillan
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Sep 21, 2025
Cover of The Khan

The Khan

by Saima Mir
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Sep 21, 2025
Cover of A History of England in 25 Poems

A History of England in 25 Poems

by Catherine Clarke
Start the Week · BBC Radio 4 · Sep 21, 2025